Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more about silver economy: sc.mp/841ef9 At a bustling Beijing hospital, Tian Yigui hands over some of his elderly wife's paperwork to Meng Jia, a patient companion hired to help them navigate China's stretched and bureaucratic healthcare system. Finding professional companions on social media to help ease patients’ hassles in Chinese hospitals has been a rising trend, with hundreds of advertisements for patient companions posted on Chinese social media in recent years. The growth of patient companions or peizhenshi is part of a rise in unofficial services in the country’s emerging gig and silver economies, which are catering to the needs of a growing elderly population in the country. Support us: subscribe.scmp.com Follow us on: Website: scmp.com Facebook: facebook.com/scmp Twitter: twitter.com/scmpnews Instagram: instagram.com/scmpnews Link...